Date of Submission
2019
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)
Department
Psychology
Department Chair
Robert A DiTomasso, PhD, ABPP
First Advisor
Virginia Salzer, PhD
Second Advisor
Katy Tresco, PhD
Third Advisor
Satira Streeter Corbitt, PsyD
Abstract
Early identification and intervention are essential in meeting the unique needs of all children and families (Bagdi & Vacca, 2005). In addition to studying the growth of separate emotions and their importance for mature development, researchers have discovered that early-childhood years are a key time for developing capacity to control and regulate emotions (Nuttall, Romero, & Kalesnik, 1999). Schools are designed to promote emotional well-being, and GIRL TIME could be viewed as part of a responsive and collaborative approach to a child-centered service continuum that includes promotion, prevention, and intervention. Effective social-emotional-behavioral interventions have been found to change the balance between risk and protective factors in favor of more adaptive short- and long-term outcomes (Bagdi & Vacca, 2005).
Recommended Citation
Opuka, Irene A., "Girl Time: An Enrichment Program Fostering Social and Emotional Well-being among Kindergarten Girls" (2019). PCOM Psychology Dissertations. 493.
https://digitalcommons.pcom.edu/psychology_dissertations/493